Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Development News - 'The Walking Dead' Alum Books 'Dead People' Lead; Adam Rodriguez Joins 'Runner'; Plus 9 More Updates!

Development News - February 25, 2015

ABC's L.A. Crime, Quantico & Runner; CBS' Code Black & Sneaky Pete; The CW's Dead People; FOX's 48 Hours 'Til Monday, Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life & Minority Report; and NBC's Unveiled & Warrior.




FOX's MINORITY REPORT
  • Laura Regan (Atlas Shrugged) has joined the cast of the drama pilot written by Max Borenstein. She will play Agatha, the deeply compassionate foster sister of identical twins Dash and Arthur. Like her brothers, she possesses the ability to see into the future, but with more clarity than they can.
NBC's WARRIOR
  • Rila Fukushima (Arrow) has been cast on the drama pilot starring Natalie Martinez. She will play Tasu, Koto's daughter. In reality, she lies in a coma in her dad's apartment, but she appears to Kai (Martinez) in her dreams or when she's unconscious.
CBS' SNEAKY PETE
  • Peter Gerety (Prime Suspect) will co-star on the drama pilot written by David Shore and Bryan Cranston. He will play Otto, who with his wife Audrey (Margo Martindale), is trying to keep the family bail bond business afloat when Pete shows up on their door step.
CBS' CODE BLACK
  • Maggie Grace (Lost, Taken) is set as the female lead on the drama pilot written by Michael Seitzman. She will play Leanne, the residency director in the E.R., a force of nature and a force to be reckoned with.
ABC's L.A. CRIME
  • Taissa Farmiga (American Horror Story) and Darrell Britt-Gibson (The Wire) have been cast on the drama pilot written by Steven Baigelman. Farmiga will play Karen, an aspiring journalist who has a close call with the killer. Britt-Gibson will play Diver, a paparazzo specializing in crime scene photography who uses his connections to fuel sensationalist stories that make their way around Los Angeles.
THE CW's DEAD PEOPLE
  • The Walking Dead alum Andrew J. West has been tapped to play the lead role on the drama pilot written by Tom Kapinos. He will play Floyd, a down-on-his-luck, semi-alcoholic but roguishly charming cab driver. After a near-death experience when he is pronounced dead following an accident but is revived two minutes later, Floyd suddenly has the ability to interact with ghosts.
ABC's QUANTICO
  • Aunjanue Ellis (The Book of Negroes) and Dougray Scott (Hemlock Grove) have joined the cast of the drama pilot written by Josh Safran. Ellis will play Miranda, an extremely professional and tough woman who is the director of Quantico and oversees the training of a new group of recruits. Scott will play Liam, a staff counselor at Quantico working the new agent trainees.
FOX's COOPER BARRETT'S GUIDE TO SURVIVING LIFE
  • James Earl (Ground Floor) has been cast on the comedy pilot written by Jay Lacopo. He will play Barry, Cooper Barrett's roommate.
NBC's UNVEILED
  • Spartacus alum Liam McIntyre will co-star on the drama pilot written by John Sakmar and Kerry Lenhart. He will play Michael Hunter, a warrior and rebel when it comes to the rules who has been a guardian angel since the beginning. Warn down by years of exposure to human suffering, his approach to interacting with mortals has become harsh and brutally honest.
ABC's RUNNER
  • Adam Rodriguez (CSI: Miami, The Night Shift) is set as the male lead on the drama pilot starring Paula Patton. He will play Troy, who is hated by Lauren's (Patton) family as he is responsible for the death of her nephew years ago but may be the only person who can help her find her husband.
FOX's 48 HOURS 'TIL MONDAY
  • Merrin Dungey (Alias) and Kyla Kenedy have been cast on the comedy pilot starring Rob Riggle. Dungey will play Candace, a family friend and a bona fide "super mom" who has three kids, works part time as a lawyer and is still able to make snacks, volunteer in class and pick her children up from school on bike. Kenedy will play Charlie's (Riggle) eldest child.